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2009 Quotations Collection

“I hope that through my work, artists will take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of them.” — Angela Cartwright, Artist & Former Child Star

“Allow that creation to be a creation. It's not a measure of your talent. It has naught to do with your worth.” — Angi Sullins, Delight

“You imagine and remember. You imagine and see. You allow yourself to become full of secrets, full of associations, where every word leads to another, through passages of dark and light. Every single word leads, in this way, to the same destination: the truth of your story.” — Jennie Nash, Three Intangible Elements Every Novelist Must Bring to Their Work

“What mortals need the most protection from are their perceived fears.” — Arnold, The Bodyguard

“In this fictional realm, we make something where there was nothing. We say 'Let there be light!' and there is light.” — Renie Garlick, Why Fiction Now?

“No one can give you a belief. You have to create or adopt it all on your own.” — Valery Satterwhite, Limiting Belief Busters: Top 5 Wake-Up Calls

“What guidance is it that refuses to take direction from our controlling intellect, and insists on taking us into unknown places, waiting until we slow down and begin to turn on the light of our hearts and shine it into the crevices of our inner being?” — Naomi Rose, Not-Knowing: A Sometimes Unnerving but Utterly Reliable Guide

“Write your gratitude list on a sheet of notebook paper or in your journal. Make it a blog post. Share it with your MySpace or Facebook friends. Digg it. Tweet it. — Chris Dunmire, List What You're Thankful For

“Know this, if your heart passionately calls you to pursue a dream it does so because this is who you are and what you are meant to do.” — Valery Satterwhite, Fakin' It? Not Really Makin' It?

“Can you see that life is simply full of blissful journaling fodder?” — Violette, Journal Bliss: Symbolic Stories

“Books defy universal physical laws — they are time machines transporting us backwards and forwards to lost civilizations and futuristic worlds.” — Renie Garlick, An Ode To Books

“‘We believe what we see,’ my expressive art teacher used to tell her students. But more than that, if we actively engage with the visual, then it becomes even more powerful — a form of mind sculpting.” — Rita Farin, The Transformative Power of Visualization

“When I am stonewalled, I just start typing ‘O peaceful gloom shrouding the earth’ over and over and over. Eventually, typing this phrase over and over unlocks something in my brain and the ideas start flowing. It’s going through the motions of writing that un-sticks my mind.” — Michael Michalko

“Art starts simply, with fragility. Chug through it. The thinking about art as Art trips us up. Just put one foot in front of the other.” — An Artist in Brooklyn, Curious Creative Blocks

“Too often we don't trust our own deepest truth; it makes us feel too vulnerable or it seems incongruous with the person we think we are or must be.” — Emily Hanlon, Keeping Faith with the Creative Process

“The symbolism of the wheel turning all night long, just as a potter spins the wheel or even a writer types a manuscript deep into the evening, indicates a tireless dedication to the creation.”— Ellen Joy Johnson, Creating from Nothing

“My own advice is to read a little bit of everything — literary promiscuity is your watchword.” — Molly Anderson-Childers, The Story as Muse

“There is a delicious solitude about creativity where we can forget about all of our everyday concerns and worries and move into passionate, even cathartic states.” — Shelley Klammer, Creative Over-Indulgence

“Practicality aside, we have to follow our hearts. Never giving up is a virtue.” — Bruce Price, Artist

“There is a spiritual universal, found in every religious practice. Simply stated: Beginnings are perfect.” — Dave Duggins, On Starting...Shall We Begin?

“If you believe you are stupid you will not attempt creative challenges that require intelligence.” — Valery Satterwhite, Stuck in a Creative Rut?

“Inspiration is not just some flight of fancy. It is the air you breathe; the water you gulp down when you are thirsty; the bread that fills your belly. The process and products of your creative work will feed your soul, if you let them.” — Molly Anderson-Childers, Creative Bedrock: Standing on Solid Ground

“I believe my self-esteem is not measured, but expressed. I see it in my artwork and suddenly I begin to remember WHO I AM.” — Tatiana Kuzyk, Self-Esteem and Creativity